Easy Question 1: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>It is still eerily hot, (is it just me, or is the sun really hotter than it
was
>when I was a kid?)
Easy Question 2: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> By the way, how warm is 30 C? I am metric illiterate.
A Meteorologist replies:
Easy Answer 1.
No, Catherine, the sun isn't really hotter than you were when you were a
kid. It's just that you're taller, therefore nearer the sun (assuming you
are standing upright during the day). Checking old family photos should
prove this.
Easy Answer 2.
To convert C to F, divide by five, multiply by 9 and add 32.
Example: 30 C divided by 5 = 6, 6 x 9 = 54, 54+32 =86 degrees F.
Relax, Sybil, you're not metric illiterate. Unfortunately you are metric
innumerate, which I'm afraid is worse in the all-digital future. I assume
this is what you wanted to know. If what you really wanted to know was how
hot 30C is, this is a very subjective question and should be left to
philosophers, or metaphysicians.
Homework Question: Is 36 C twice as hot as 18 C, and therefore four times
hotter than 9 C?
Answer: How could it be if 36 C = 98.6 F, 18 C =64.4 F, and 9 C = 48.2 F?
Obviously 98.6 is not twice as much as 64.4 or four times as much as 48.2.
Can any mathematician explain in more detail, please?
O.K. I confess, my degree is not in meteorology, but in sociology, but as
Maureen Lipman used to say, if you have got one kind of '-ology' it is as
good as any other kind of '-ology'. Remember Auntie BT Colin?
Mike in sunny and sticky Barcelona.
NP - One Bourbon, One Scotch, and One Beer. John Lee Hooker. RIP.
